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Universal fan control module teardown – with schematic
Universal fan control module teardown – with schematic
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A look at a generic Chinese controller for repairing air conditioner units (not the compressor type).
This universal module can control three-speed fans, and two extra loads like a swivel motor and pump for an evaporative cooler.
It’s functionally very similar to the PCB in a Hepa air filter…
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Can you still use the buttons on the stand fan to control the speed if this is installed?
Various companies producing movies or shows would really love a universal fan controller, but for a different meaning of the word ‘fan’
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My aldi fan comes with a "natural wind" setting. It is infuriatingly silly. And I just realised why the Chinese invented it, despite it being infuriatingly silly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death They probably believe that it's only a constant wind that causes fan death. If you have a variable "natural" wind, you won't die of fan death!
Yes a bit over my head but I get where you are coming from
Interesting to note that the buzzer takes on a more "pulsed" sound when more LEDs on the control panel are lit, somewhere there's a component that's struggling to supply enough current! When I've used units similar in actual fans I always assumed it was the beating of the blades making the buzzer sound funny, not the multiplexing of the LEDs!
I have a fan, that recently decided it was going to start changing functions without a button press. Thanks to this channel, I was confident in ripping out the speaker that beeped every time it changed (it was literally every few seconds) i then also completely disconnected the wires from the circut board to the tilt motor. It now no longer moves automatically, but it functions as a fan on low, medium and high as it should. (And every few seconds thinks it's tilt is being turned on by an unknown source. Still no idea why)
dude. why do some apps heat up i phones? i mean i kind of got why some cams flicker light but
I tried a $10 ups from overseas and the capacitors popped. That thing was built poor especially since it overheated and I also notice their positive and negative wire coloring was in reverse. Says it will power cable modems, etc up to 6v which doesn't last too long.
When the "Mode" thing was enabled I was wondering why they'd have that, but seeing some other comments, it's a feature to create a natural-feeling breeze apparently, which actually seems like a smart idea, although could be annoying if I hooked one up to my wall fan that sounds like a damned aeroplane prop when run at full tilt (I currently have it on my stepdown transformer and on Low to keep it quiet!), though said fan does have a big IR window on it which would lead me to believe there is a more money model that actually did have remote controlled functions (or is just a place to hide a naughty voyeur cam)… 😛
Do you think this is offered in the United States voltage? It would be interesting to see if the design is exactly the same. 😒
My uncle repairs TVs. He uses this kind of replacement boards for LCD backlight drivers etc.
Must wonder about the electrical safety and consequent legality in many countries outside of china?
After watching this video and reading the comments, I can see me using something like this to control a bunch of stuff here. I need a remote for an infrared heat lamp in the bathroom. Being able to turn it on and off while wet with a remote would be heaven!. We always swap those horrible LED lights for halogens when we move in. Also, we have shittee baseboard heaters which I can't tolerate since they take forever to heat up and forever to cool down.
We also have a nice in the wall "space heater" that has a useless thermostat (37 minutes to shut off). Having a remote to change it on or off from bed or the couch is something I was already planning.
In my younger days we called that type of cooler a "swamper" and they used excelsior for the wet element. Smelled like a swamp if you didn't keep em clean.
The fans on the box look like regular floor models. Maybe if you put them next to the air conditioner they'll work better…?
Rest in peace, anyone wearing headphones.
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I think they include a classic water level switch with faston terminals because many OEM switches now use tiny connectors with random pinouts and some are even low voltage DC.
Air conditioner? Those are called "swamp coolers"
Have you considered printing out a plastic vise that clips on to the edge of the work bench? Not sure how far that'd have to reach to be in frame.
6:42 – Somebody in China's getting fired. I do this trick sometimes, but you can stick the zener there, so it not only limits the voltage to 5V, in one side, and pass the unused half of the AC, allowing the capacitor dropper to work. Saves one part, and the labor to install it. Use a 5.6V zener, instead of 5.1V, to account for that one diode's drop.
Universal controllers. That is brillant, I wish we had more of that and modularity and less monolithic products.
So "standard" air conditioners in the UK are water evaporator type? I would have thought that the UK would be too humid for evaporation cooling.
0:00: 🔧 Teardown of a universal fan control module with schematic
3:36: 🔍 Teardown reveals power supply components and circuit board details.
7:04: ⚙️ Teardown of a universal fan control module with schematic explanation.
10:30: 🔧 Teardown of a universal fan control module with schematic
15:09: 🔧 Analysis of fan control module behavior and voltage drop during testing.
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Off topic but just saw this. Is charging Lithium Ion Batteries to 4.2V instead of 3.6V really such a big issue and why ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-uO56Sz6Tk
"evaporate cooler" you mean humidifier?
Awesome find. Here in Australia remote control fans are no longer available. A few years ago most fans were remote but not now. This module has the potential to be a simple inline unit for non remote fans.
Clive, the IC that multiplexes the buttons and LEDs is probably the HT1668/TM1668, a 'jellybean' IC. I have that very chip in my air conditioner. They're also found in induction hobs and heaven knows what else!
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Ive been trying to bruteforce IR in python. I could never match the protocols of fans tho.
Having seen this unit on the Patreon stream I thought it would be useful, modified, to control a fan/light I had seen where the remote control was missing.
Unfortunately when the fan/light unit arrived I found that not only was the remote control missing, it seems that the light panel has also been removed along with the wiring for it and the power supply for the fan. The seller is going to search for the missing parts but I suspect that his source had removed the missing parts. I'm expecting I will get a refund from ebay.